Şəhriyar, Sharur

Şəhriyar
Municipality
Şəhriyar
Coordinates: 39°32′53″N 44°56′58″E / 39.54806°N 44.94944°E / 39.54806; 44.94944Coordinates: 39°32′53″N 44°56′58″E / 39.54806°N 44.94944°E / 39.54806; 44.94944
Country  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan
Rayon Sharur
Population (2008)[1]
  Total 2,348
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)

Şəhriyar (also, Shahriar and Shakhriyar) is a village and municipality in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 3 km in the west from the district center, on the Sharur plain. Its population is busy with tobacco-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library, mosque and a hospital in the village. It has a population of 2,348.[2]

Etymology

The village was named in Şəhriyar (Shahriar) in honor of the notable Azerbaijani poet of Məhəmməd Şəhriyar (Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar).[3]

References

  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 301. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  3. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.


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